The Rule also requires an additional means of securement when equipment is left unattended on main track, sidings, subdivision track, and high risk locations. Rule 112 provides uniformity in hand brake application by requiring handbrakes to be applied according to a chart that is based on train tonnage and grade. The Department revised Rule 112 of the Canadian Rail Operating Rules on train securement requiring additional physical defences to secure unattended trains.In September 2020, Transport Canada issued a Ministerial Order requiring companies to revise the Canadian Rail Operating Rules to provide employees with additional requirements when conducting switching operations and to ensure that equipment is properly secured.Transport Canada has taken many steps to strengthen rail safety, including implementing stricter rules to secure trains and reduce the risk of uncontrolled movement of rail equipment.
The railway transports commodities such as fertilizer, grain, machinery, salt, soy meal, and steel.
Goderich and Exeter Railway interchanges traffic with Canadian National Railway at Stratford, Ontario, and provides services to several communities including Stratford, Goderich, Clinton and Centralia. The railway operates on approximately 71 miles of track in the Goodrich-Stratford area in the Province of Ontario. Goderich and Exeter Railway is a federal railway, and a subsidiary of Genesee Wyoming Inc. The Transportation Safety Board is aware of this occurrence, but has determined that it will not deploy an investigator. Transport Canada has deployed an inspector to gather additional information and to conduct an inspection for compliance with the Railway Safety Act. Preliminary reports indicate the train travelled uncontrolled for approximately one mile into a customer’s private track and struck a truck before coming to rest. The train crew was conducting switching activities in a yard when a crew member left the locomotive unoccupied and it rolled away. On Februa Goderich and Exeter Railway locomotive and cars ran uncontrolled near Goderich Ontario. For example, Transport Canada conducts approximately 33,000 rail safety oversight activities each year, including inspections and audits. Transport Canada is taking action to improve the safety of Canadians who live and work along rail lines. Building on this progress, on September 30, 2020, the Minister of Transport issued an Order to railway companies to mitigate safety risks when employees conduct switching operations. Implementing safety procedures that are applied to all trains that come to emergency stops on mountain grades. Establishing requirements for physical defences, such as hand brakes, to secure unattended trains and. 
Transport Canada has taken many steps to strengthen rail safety, including implementing strict rules to properly secure trains, such as:.Transport Canada will review the accident involving an uncontrolled movement of a train near Goderich, Ontario on February 1, 2021, and will take all necessary actions to protect public safety.Transport Canada is committed to protecting all Canadians who live and work along rail lines by putting in place the necessary measures to reduce the risk of serious accidents.ISSUE: A locomotive with cars rolled uncontrolled near Goderich, Ontario
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